Metacognition: the writer’s best friend or worst enemy?

I have been giving much thought lately to writing. Metacognition does not, a priori, lead to frequent blog posts.
Cognition, or awareness or thought, is necessary for writing. When you add the prefix “meta” which means “about,” you are really saying “thinking about thinking” or ”thinking about knowing.” You have to think about what you know on [...]

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Reading about writing about qualitative research methods

The purpose of this blog post is…
I drove 300 miles today in Mid-Atlantic states traffic and came home to unfinished doctoral class reading. I did manage to do some of it in my hotel room this past weekend, but the bulk of it remained unread until a while ago.
The reading? It’s all about writing qualitative research, [...]

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